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It's because Apple integrated podcasts really early and everyone else has still been ignoring them. I know someone who switched from a Windows Phone to an iPhon
by firasd 10y ago
It's because Apple integrated podcasts really early and everyone else has still been ignoring them. I know someone who switched from a Windows Phone to an iPhone spurred in part by the desire to listen to podcasts. Google is slowly lumbering into the podcasts space but it's under their Google Play Music umbrella so it's hobbled by being part of that product (e.g. if Google Music hasn't launched in your country you can't listen to podcasts.)
- dublinben 10y ago>if Google Music hasn't launched in your country you can't listen to podcasts This is such an Apple-centric way of thinking. Google launched their first podcasting app (Google Listen) in 2009. It was only discontinued in 2012 after there were a plethora of better apps in the Play Store. If you care about podcasts at all, you weren't waiting for them to be integrated into Google Play Music. You've been using one of the dozens of excellent 3rd party clients that have been available for years.
- izacus 10y agoActually it's worse - here we have available Google Play Music and podcasts aren't. Meanwhile I can actually listen to them in any number of significantly better apps (e.g. PocketCasts) so having them available via RSS is pretty important to me.
- icebraining 10y agoMeanwhile, I was using Nokia's official podcasting app before the iPhone 1 was even a thing...